Weather -- Grounding

Ouch -- Just North of Wrightsville Beach we hit a sandbar while (we thought) firmly centered in the marked channel.  The boat came to a sudden stop.  Fortunately, the current set us free BUT, after bringing up the RPMS, there was a noticable vibration.  Slow speed into Wrightsville Beach Marina, and they had called a dive team for us.  Yup, the props were bent.  We later found out another boat (48' Sea Ray) had hit the green marker, fouled his prop with the buoy chain and dragged it all while beinbg towed into a Marine Max boatyard nearby.  Fortunately for us the divers were great, there was a "prop shop" working over the weekend and the weather was windy, rainy, and cold.  We sat tight for the weekend, the props wre put back on on Monday and we resumed our trip.  No vibrations and we don't want to experience that again ($$$$).